Suspects detained for attempting to receive cashback through artificial VAT worth 125 billion soums

A scheme to illegally receive cashback through artificial VAT worth 125 billion soums has been uncovered in Fergana. The regional tax department reported this.

It was reported that during operational analyses conducted by the Fergana Regional Tax Department, a major violation was identified in the system. In particular, under the leadership of citizen T.Z., E.F.F. LLC and F.E.O.Z. LLC were established in Fergana city. In May this year, electronic invoices were issued claiming that these companies had purchased flour and butter products worth a total of 1.2 trillion soums from T.B.S.E. LLC, which is registered in Termez city, Surkhandarya region.

Tax officers analyzed the VAT reports submitted by the companies in June for May and examined whether there were goods in the warehouse at their legal address. As a result, it was established that no goods had been delivered to the companies in Fergana and that no money transfers had been made for the products.

“This shows that the company in Termez attempted to create artificial VAT payments worth 125.4 billion soums for two LLCs in Fergana city,” the department said.

After that, the VAT certificates of E.F.F. LLC and F.E.O.Z. LLC were temporarily suspended, revised VAT reports were obtained, and 125.4 billion soums in artificial VAT was written off. It was found that the fraudulent scheme had been organized to create an opportunity to sell fake fiscal receipts through social networks and illegally receive cashback based on them.

It was reported that information on the above circumstances had been submitted to law enforcement agencies for legal action.

Earlier, it was reported that a group of individuals who embezzled 3.2 billion soums as cashback through the Soliq Mobile application had also been detained in Fergana region.